Overview

Oversee and manage two Education in Emergencies Consortia in Sudan, ensuring seamless operations, high-quality implementation, and compliance with donor requirements.

Tasks Summary

• Provide overall direction and leadership of the Consortium
• Coordinate with consortium members for high quality implementation
• Oversee day-to-day management of the project, including planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and budget spending
• Represent the Consortium towards relevant stakeholders
• Line manage and supervise the work of the Consortium Management Unit
• Lead consultations, design and preparation of the next phase of the Consortium
• Contribute to fundraising initiatives
• Oversee and monitor consortium partners’ spending
• Ensure effective coordination and communication among consortium members
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and donor requirements
• Adapt project to changes in context and donor requests
• Coordinate with key stakeholders to ensure complementarity of interventions
• Facilitate the development and implementation of the Consortium's communications and advocacy strategy
• Cultivate and strengthen positive, productive relationships with all stakeholders
• Develop project proposals in collaboration with consortium member staff
• Coordinate input for reporting to donors
• Responsible for quality control of donor applications and reports
• Responsible for full grants and proposals management
• Ensure grant files are up to date
• Lead and/or facilitate consortium committees meetings

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of humanitarian experience across multiple contexts
• At least 2 years’ experience of youth programmes
• At least 3 years project management experience of managing multi-million (EURO) projects
• Experience in consortium management or extensive involvement in a consortium, with a multi-year duration
• Experience developing training tools, manuals, information management systems for humanitarian action and accountability to affected people
• Self-motivated and confident communicator, with experience in giving briefings and presentations
• Strong inter-personal skills, working well both in teams and independently
• Able to work under pressure and good at timely decision making
• Preferred experience or knowledge of Sudan context

Qualification Requirements

• Minimum BA in relevant areas preferably

Other Details

Languages Required: • Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Contract Duration: • One year – with possibility of extension

Work Modality: Staff must report from Port Sudan

Remuneration: • grade 9 of NRC’s international pay scale (USD 5,189)